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insider trading

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insider trading
n.
The illegal buying or selling of securities on the basis of information that is unavailable to the public.
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Noun1.insider trading - buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential
trading - buying or selling securities or commodities


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Moreover, some companies went so far as to skirt insider trading rules and other ethical constricts by timing stock prices at dates either before or after significant corporate events, either increasing or decreasing the share price--practices known as "spring loading" and "bullet dodging"
Backdating backlash: will corporate insurers be wiped out by a tidal ... by Kennell, Patrick M. / Best's Review
The West Coast SEC enforcement and white-collar defense unit of Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom LLP has won an insider trading case with boardroom ramifications.
Stock answer by York, Emily Bryson / Los Angeles Business Journal
2005-48 (IRB 2005-32, 8/8/05) holds that an employee (E) who exercises a nonstatutory option before the end of a six-month "lock-up period" must recognize income from that exercise even if E's sale of the stock is restricted under the insider trading rules.
Recent developments: FLPs, option income and home office depreciation by Josephs, Stuart R. / California CPA
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